list-documents¶

Description¶

Returns all Systems Manager (SSM) documents in the current Amazon Web Services account and Amazon Web Services Region. You can limit the results of this request by using a filter.

Synopsis¶

  list-documents
[--document-filter-list <value>]
[--filters <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--document-filter-list (list)

This data type is deprecated. Instead, use Filters .

(structure)

This data type is deprecated. Instead, use DocumentKeyValuesFilter .

key -> (string)

The name of the filter.

value -> (string)

The value of the filter.

Shorthand Syntax:

key=string,value=string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "key": "Name"|"Owner"|"PlatformTypes"|"DocumentType",
    "value": "string"
  }
  ...
]

--filters (list)

One or more DocumentKeyValuesFilter objects. Use a filter to return a more specific list of results. For keys, you can specify one or more key-value pair tags that have been applied to a document. Other valid keys include Owner , Name , PlatformTypes , DocumentType , and TargetType . For example, to return documents you own use Key=Owner,Values=Self . To specify a custom key-value pair, use the format Key=tag:tagName,Values=valueName .

Note

This API operation only supports filtering documents by using a single tag key and one or more tag values. For example: Key=tag:tagName,Values=valueName1,valueName2

(structure)

One or more filters. Use a filter to return a more specific list of documents.

For keys, you can specify one or more tags that have been applied to a document.

You can also use Amazon Web Services-provided keys, some of which have specific allowed values. These keys and their associated values are as follows:

DocumentType

ApplicationConfiguration

ApplicationConfigurationSchema

Automation

ChangeCalendar

Command

Package

Policy

Session

Owner

Note that only one Owner can be specified in a request. For example: Key=Owner,Values=Self .

Amazon

Private

Public

Self

ThirdParty

PlatformTypes

Linux

Windows

Name is another Amazon Web Services-provided key. If you use Name as a key, you can use a name prefix to return a list of documents. For example, in the Amazon Web Services CLI, to return a list of all documents that begin with Te , run the following command:

aws ssm list-documents --filters Key=Name,Values=Te

You can also use the TargetType Amazon Web Services-provided key. For a list of valid resource type values that can be used with this key, see Amazon Web Services resource and property types reference in the CloudFormation User Guide .

If you specify more than two keys, only documents that are identified by all the tags are returned in the results. If you specify more than two values for a key, documents that are identified by any of the values are returned in the results.

To specify a custom key-value pair, use the format Key=tag:tagName,Values=valueName .

For example, if you created a key called region and are using the Amazon Web Services CLI to call the list-documents command:

aws ssm list-documents --filters Key=tag:region,Values=east,west Key=Owner,Values=Self

Key -> (string)

The name of the filter key.

Values -> (list)

The value for the filter key.

(string)

Shorthand Syntax:

Key=string,Values=string,string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Key": "string",
    "Values": ["string", ...]
  }
  ...
]

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command’s output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command’s output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command’s output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Note

To use the following examples, you must have the AWS CLI installed and configured. See the Getting started guide in the AWS CLI User Guide for more information.

Unless otherwise stated, all examples have unix-like quotation rules. These examples will need to be adapted to your terminal’s quoting rules. See Using quotation marks with strings in the AWS CLI User Guide .

Example 1: To list documents

The following list-documents example lists documents owned by the requesting account tagged with the custom tag.

aws ssm list-documents \
    --filters Key=Owner,Values=Self Key=tag:DocUse,Values=Testing

Output:

{
    "DocumentIdentifiers": [
        {
            "Name": "Example",
            "Owner": "29884EXAMPLE",
            "PlatformTypes": [
                "Windows",
                "Linux"
            ],
            "DocumentVersion": "1",
            "DocumentType": "Automation",
            "SchemaVersion": "0.3",
            "DocumentFormat": "YAML",
            "Tags": [
                {
                    "Key": "DocUse",
                    "Value": "Testing"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see AWS Systems Manager Documents in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

Example 2: To list shared documents

The following list-documents example lists shared documents, including private shared documents not owned by AWS.

aws ssm list-documents \
    --filters Key=Name,Values=sharedDocNamePrefix  Key=Owner,Values=Private

Output:

{
    "DocumentIdentifiers": [
        {
            "Name": "Example",
            "Owner": "12345EXAMPLE",
            "PlatformTypes": [
                "Windows",
                "Linux"
            ],
            "DocumentVersion": "1",
            "DocumentType": "Command",
            "SchemaVersion": "0.3",
            "DocumentFormat": "YAML",
            "Tags": []
        }
    ]
}

For more information, see AWS Systems Manager Documents in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide.

Output¶

DocumentIdentifiers -> (list)

The names of the SSM documents.

(structure)

Describes the name of a SSM document.

Name -> (string)

The name of the SSM document.

CreatedDate -> (timestamp)

The date the SSM document was created.

DisplayName -> (string)

An optional field where you can specify a friendly name for the SSM document. This value can differ for each version of the document. If you want to update this value, see UpdateDocument .

Owner -> (string)

The Amazon Web Services user account that created the document.

VersionName -> (string)

An optional field specifying the version of the artifact associated with the document. For example, “Release 12, Update 6”. This value is unique across all versions of a document, and can’t be changed.

PlatformTypes -> (list)

The operating system platform.

(string)

DocumentVersion -> (string)

The document version.

DocumentType -> (string)

The document type.

SchemaVersion -> (string)

The schema version.

DocumentFormat -> (string)

The document format, either JSON or YAML.

TargetType -> (string)

The target type which defines the kinds of resources the document can run on. For example, /AWS::EC2::Instance . For a list of valid resource types, see Amazon Web Services resource and property types reference in the CloudFormation User Guide .

Tags -> (list)

The tags, or metadata, that have been applied to the document.

(structure)

Metadata that you assign to your Amazon Web Services resources. Tags enable you to categorize your resources in different ways, for example, by purpose, owner, or environment. In Amazon Web Services Systems Manager, you can apply tags to Systems Manager documents (SSM documents), managed nodes, maintenance windows, parameters, patch baselines, OpsItems, and OpsMetadata.

Key -> (string)

The name of the tag.

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Requires -> (list)

A list of SSM documents required by a document. For example, an ApplicationConfiguration document requires an ApplicationConfigurationSchema document.

(structure)

An SSM document required by the current document.

Name -> (string)

The name of the required SSM document. The name can be an Amazon Resource Name (ARN).

Version -> (string)

The document version required by the current document.

ReviewStatus -> (string)

The current status of a document review.

Author -> (string)

The user in your organization who created the document.

NextToken -> (string)

The token to use when requesting the next set of items. If there are no additional items to return, the string is empty.

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